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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-12-2017 11:15
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15th and 20th is a good result, but again McCarthy seems very passive compared to similar riders. Have to wonder if the issue is again Bellis being considered a similarly strong leader, but it's frustrating to see that issue two seasons in a row. |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 29-12-2017 11:24
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jph27 wrote:
15th and 20th is a good result, but again McCarthy seems very passive compared to similar riders. Have to wonder if the issue is again Bellis being considered a similarly strong leader, but it's frustrating to see that issue two seasons in a row.
If McCarthy is too frustrating, just let him go where he belongs to 
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Posted on 29-12-2017 11:25
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Fifth is good but why did MVS and GVA nothing at all 
Congrats to Roman! What a season for you!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 29-12-2017 11:25
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A bummer for dev, but at least he had an outstanding month otherwise
Sagan just continues to perform on an absolutely fantastic level. Huge congrats Roman, especially after the kind of performance he put in today. Will be exciting to see if he can be just as good in Fleche and LBL. Hopefully EBH can give some competition in the latter at least 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-12-2017 11:29
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tsmoha wrote:
jph27 wrote:
15th and 20th is a good result, but again McCarthy seems very passive compared to similar riders. Have to wonder if the issue is again Bellis being considered a similarly strong leader, but it's frustrating to see that issue two seasons in a row.
If McCarthy is too frustrating, just let him go where he belongs to
If you want to handicap Bobridge by giving him a co-leader so PCM neutralises them both, be my guest |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 29-12-2017 11:31
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jph27 wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
jph27 wrote:
15th and 20th is a good result, but again McCarthy seems very passive compared to similar riders. Have to wonder if the issue is again Bellis being considered a similarly strong leader, but it's frustrating to see that issue two seasons in a row.
If McCarthy is too frustrating, just let him go where he belongs to
If you want to handicap Bobridge by giving him a co-leader so PCM neutralises them both, be my guest
Bobridge's season is rather frustrating anyway. I will remind you at those words 
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-12-2017 11:43
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I wanted a Top 10 and a Top 15, and I got that plus a 17th place as well. Definitely not with the riders I expected though.
It looked like a decent attempt in the finale to use the numbers advantage to pull riders back, but it obviously didn't work. You can't catch those guys anymore on the last hill of the race.
Too bad Kelderman didn't try anything at all, considering he looked to be in a good position throughout the race and that 82 hill riders dominated this race.
It certainly would've been possible to make that result even better. Just try an attack and let your teammates rest.
No idea where Felline came from in the end, nor why Demare seemed to have been on a training ride with his buddy van Stayen. Guess that cancels itself out in the end.
Oh, and Borges of course outscores all of them again. (?!) And no comment on anything Moser does this season in one-day races.
Edited by cio93 on 29-12-2017 11:48
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-12-2017 12:10
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Great result for Gastauer. Shame to be so close to the podium, and not quite get it, but 4th is very good. He seemed to fancy himself for a result all day, placing himself right towards the front of the pack.
Indeed, Sagan and Borges continue to defy expectations, and Ponzi was very unlucky. Thanks for the report Aquarius, and your continued contributions to keeping the season fast paced!
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 29-12-2017 13:56
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This season is becoming a question if Moser will win every hilly and cobbled classic or not As i've always said, he's 10-15 points advantage in downhill is what is making him the dominator of the season. I wonder what's left in his season, as he "saved" a few RD not going to PN, so maybe he has space for a GT
A shame about Ponzi's retirement. I was very surprise when it appeared in my screen that he had retired from the race, as there wasn't any crash anounced either. But Hugo Boss just had an incredible month, so this doesn't harm them too much, as Ponzi still has other two races to make up the points loss here. I had never experienced sudden retirements like this in PCM, but it has already happened a couple of times more in the races i've already reported
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 29-12-2017 14:01
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Damn, didnt see that one comming, Ponzi said he felt fine this morning
Pitty that he had to abandon here, especially considering this race was a win goal and pretty much tailor-made for him.
Thanks for the report, Aquarius! Atleast it was an actionfilled race. Sagan yet again easily the strongest, didnt think he would make it after all those attacks.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 29-12-2017 14:06
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dev4ever wrote:
Damn, didnt see that one comming, Ponzi said he felt fine this morning
Pitty that he had to abandon here, especially considering this race was a win goal and pretty much tailor-made for him.
Thanks for the report, Aquarius! Atleast it was an actionfilled race. Sagan yet again easily the strongest, didnt think he would make it after all those attacks.
That sucks even more for you
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 29-12-2017 16:54
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Great to have a guy in the break and seeing Gautier somewhat up there in the finale.
Another amazing race by Sagan. Congrats Roman!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 29-12-2017 17:31
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Really feel for dev4ever, what a crappy way to miss out on a goal
Happy with my team performance, man in the break and a top 10 with Flügel being active covering an early move.
Sagan seems unstoppable this season!
Thanks for the action packed report Aquarius.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 29-12-2017 17:40
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very happy, just in time to end may with some hope for the relegation fight. too bad we had no other strava riders upfronzlt, hoping for better from pichon. gratz to roman, amstel is the perfect race course for sagan so not surprised. thanks to aquarius for a great report, really appreciate your continuous pt coverage.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-12-2017 11:28
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Borges! What a season so far! He continues to do well when the favourites slack on the pace and leave it all for the end of the race. It's really fortunate for us to have him snatching these unexpected results when the rest of our leaders fail to excel when needed.
Sagan though is like a Borges on steroids Really impressive the sheer strength throughout the whole event! Again, congrats Roman!
A pity about Ponzi. What a anti-climax to an almost perfect month.
Great report as usual Aquarius, thanks again!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-12-2017 18:09
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Rather disappointed by Boswell's race. Vermeltfoort, on the other hand, had another impressive result in a classic this year after MSR.
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-01-2018 07:49
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Yet another bad hill classic performance by De Bie. Not sure why, but he is so much better in hilly stage races. Can`t even make it a top10 in the hilly classics, which is a pity seeing his 82 hill training this season, which should see him closer to guys like Gastauer, who was 4th here.
Borges with yet another fantastic performance for Porto and Felline for Puma weren`t expected to be ahead really.
Thurau in 36th is nice, Villella in 63rd not so nice.
Need to score more in hilly races in the next weeks. |
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| Roman |
Posted on 03-01-2018 14:57
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How, wow! Would never think Sagan can become so good already this season, what an incredible season for him. And surely a lot lucky one, it is incredible how poor results has a rider like Ponzi this year. Incredible show from Sagan in this one. Sagan is magic, really.
Big thanks for the report and big thanks for these nice congrats!
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 05-01-2018 17:03
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Had no hopes, and the result shows why unfortunately.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 08-01-2018 23:41
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Finally got time to catch up, another great report Aquarius97, awesome ride by Trofimov and good to see Zakarin and Chernetskiy are in good shape for the Ardennes Classics!
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